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(No Model.) W. R. NEGLEY.

GAME BOARD.

No. 484,558. Patented Oct 18, 1892.

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WILLIAM R. NEGLEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,558, dated October18, 1892.

Application filed April 22, 1892. $erial No. 30,211. (N0 MOdBL) To aZZwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. NEGLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented or discovered certain new and usefulImprovements in Game-Boards, of which improvements the following is aspecification.

Theinvention described herein relates to certain improvements in games;and it consists, generally stated, of a trough for the traverse of aball and provided at or near one end with pockets having a graduatedvalue for the reception of the ball, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a plan view of my improved game, and Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation of the same.

In the practice of my invention I form a groove 1 in the upper side of apiece 2, of wood or metal, the depth and width of the groove beingdependent upon the size of the ball 3 used in playing the game. At oneend of the groove I form a series of two or more pockets 4, in which theball may lodge, dependent upon the rapidity of its movement along thegroove, and beyond the pockets at or near the end of the piece 2 isformed a deeper depression 5 for the reception of balls which have toogreat a momentum to be checked by the pockets 4.

In playing the game the ball may be started from the end of the troughopposite that having the pockets 4 and depression or pit 5, the aimbeing to cause the ball to lodge in one of the pockets, which increasein value as regards the points of the game in proportion to theirdistance from the starting-point of the ball. It is preferred, however,to close the end of the trough by a pin 6, provided with an elasticcushion 7, and to roll the ball from a point adjacent to the pocketsagainst the cushioned pin, so that on its rebound therefrom it willretraverse the trough toward the pockets. If preferred, the ball may bemade of some elastic material, in which the pin need not be cushioned.

For convenience in playing the trough is pivotallymonnted on a stud 8,secured to the board 9, so that it may be turned around in line withplayers as their turns to play come around. The counting of the pointsmade by each player is effected by means of differentcolored pins 10,adapted to be stuck in a series of holes ll, arranged in a spiral in theboard 9. In case one player makes the same number of points as apreceding player, so that it will be necessary for the second player toplace his pin in the hole occupied by the first player, the latter mustwithdraw his pin and begin f om the first hole again.

I claim herein as my invention 1. In a game-board, the combination of atrough stationary as against vertical movement, a series of pocketsarranged in line with each other and the trough, a pit behind thepockets, and a ball adapted to be propelled along the trough into thepockets, substantially as set forth.

2. In a game-board, the combination of a trough, a series of pocketsarranged in line with each other and the trough, and at one end thereofa cushioned pin located at the opposite end, and a ball adapted to berolled against the pin and rebound along the trough into the pockets,substantially as set forth.

3. In a game-board, the combination of a trough stationary as againstvertical movement, a series of pockets arranged in line with each otherand with the trough, a pivotal support for the trough, and a balladapted to be propelled along the trough into the pockets, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM R. NEGLEY.

Witnesses:

W. B. CoEwIN, DARWIN S. WOLOOTT.

